Nicolás
Barbieri Muttis

Nicolás Barbieri Muttis is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). He has a degree in Humanities and a PhD in Political Science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He has been a researcher with the Institute of Government and Public Policy and an associate professor at the UAB, and has lectured at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), where he supervised the master's degree in Cultural Management. His research focuses on analysing the policies and management of culture, with particular emphasis on cultural rights and inequalities in how they are exercised. He is the author of the http://ubicarse.net blog. He has been a guest researcher at the University of Montpellier (France), the Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (Argentina) and the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (Argentina). He has experience of teaching innovation projects in the field of university education and was awarded the prize for teaching innovation presented by the Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA) for the Radiòpolis project, which uses radio as a medium for learning and knowledge transfer. He has undertaken a range of advisory and training roles with institutions including Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Public Libraries Consortium, the Cultural Studies and Resources Office of Barcelona Provincial Council, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Bogotá Cultural Secretariat and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) organization. He has contributed to the design, development and assessment of cultural and educational policies and was the driving force behind the first Survey of cultural participation and needs in Barcelona.